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sweet

sweet - noun

English phonetician; one of the founders of modern phonetics (1845-1912)

a dish served as the last course of a meal

a food rich in sugar

the taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth

the property of tasting as if it contains sugar

sweet - adjective

having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar
having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub
pleasing to the ear
pleasing to the senses
pleasing to the mind or feeling
having a natural fragrance
(used of wines) having a high residual sugar content
not containing or composed of salt water
not soured or preserved
with sweetening added

sweet - adverb

in an affectionate or loving manner (`sweet' is sometimes a poetic or informal variant of `sweetly')

sweet - thesaurus

afters angelic angelical cherubic confection dessert dulcet fresh gratifying honeyed mellifluous mellisonant odoriferous odorous perfumed scented seraphic sugared sugariness sweetened sweetly sweetness unfermented

View spelling list ee words - set 1 and learn about the word sweet in the Spellzone English spelling course, Unit 7. Long vowels e.g ee, ea or y? oa, o-e, or ow? u-e, ue, or ew?.

Other Spellzone word lists: Food, flavours

Scrabble score for sweet

Scrabble score = 8

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